Swordie Bloggie

After gym the other day, I stopped by at one of the big shoe shops at City Mall… to look for outdoor shoe… coz I have been using my Adidas Mega Bounce 09 for gym and outdoor thingy. I came here before and saw a nice outdoor shoe… it’s a sports shoe which can turn into sandals… just nice to wear for outdoor stuff especially photography… 😀

I took photo of it in the previous visit and did some research about the shoe… First I thought the shoe name is Adidas Step Down… but when I Google Adidas Step Down, I can’t find anything about it… After doing more search, it turn out the correct name is Hydroterra Shandal…

This shoe is great coz it really looks just like a normal sports shoe… sneakers… but what makes it special is the ankle area… you can just step on it… it is constructed to be stepped-on… well, we do step on our shoe just like that but usually it will spoil the shoe… but for this Hydroterra Shandal, it is constructed for that… and it will take the stepping punishment like a man… 😀

Anyway, while inside the shop… well it was quite late already about 9.30pm… without any warning, the shops assistants started shutting the shop’s roller shades?… roller shutters? I have to rush out before they shut all the roller shutters… and too bad, the Hydroterra Shandal  shoe is no longer there… have to go to 1Borneo Adidas to shop for it I guess…

If you are coming to play or watch the Sabah Paintball League Cup but not sure where it’s gonna be, here are some more info about it…

The game will start at 8.00am for two days… 6 & 7 March 2010

And the location is (click image for full size)…

BAH… last call for Sabah’s paintball players out there…

This is your chance to play paintball league cup… there will be three legs in this league.

For this first leg, it will be held from 6th to 7th March 2010 at the new paintball fields at Likas Stadium.

There are two categories, rookie and open.

For rookie category, it’s going to be 3 men + 3 reserve. Entrance fee is RM300 and inclusive of paintball pallets. Newbie & students are highly encourage to participate.

For open category, it’s going to be 5 men + 2 reserve. Entrance fee is RM300. You can use electrical or mechanical marker…

USPL rules will be used in this tournament.

For further information, contact:
KK Paintball Centre – 088 727445
Zachary – 016 8146301
Sammy – 016 8472592
Gabrielle – 016 8459991
Tracy – 016 8459903
Miguel – 016 8350053
Email – info@kkpaintbalcentre.com

And as what to expect from this league… here are photos of Pre-WCA games last year… expect to have the same or better excitements… 😀

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On the fist day of November, which happens to be All Saints Day, I had a bad self accident during a paintball game. There are about 20 over of us from the MCSE class playing.

I fall down while trying to shift from one bunker to the other. It was the last match… it is actually an additional match after most of the other went back… only about 9 of us left and we decided to play 3 on 3.

My left trigger finger… index finger… was badly torn… coz I fall down and the trigger finger was absorbing my fall… holding my 95kg body weight!!! But lucky it did not brake to the opposite but instead get torn…

Went to clinic at Donggongon and had 5 stitches on it. Supposed to remove the stitches on 10th day, but I was away in KL for the Hacker Halted 2009… at the end I only manage to remove it on the 14th November at Medicare Clinic in Mid Valley, KL.

Then had it x-ray on Monday, 16th November, at the same clinic coz I was worried something might be broken inside… yea, should have x-ray it before it get stiched… 😛

But anyway, I’m lucky nothing broken inside… except it is still swollen till now and still cant bend it completely.

Next, I need to do insurance quotes… errr.. insurance claim… I must get my insurance to refund me all the medical bills… and plus 2 weeks of allowance… probably RM150 per week… 😀

Thanks to Donny who send me to the clinic and helping to take the photos inside the clinic… 😀

The torn trigger finger

Not crying… just giving pressure to the arm to reduce pain while getting clean… 😛

Stiching…

and stiching…

Stiched… 😛

Getting anti-tetanus jab.

OK, I have been missing for almost 4 weeks from this blog… 😛

Well, there are many things went by for the past 24 days…

Let me just summarize what happen for the past 24 days… and later I will talk more about it in the next postings…

Fist day of November, I injured myself during in a friendly paintball game… other than face mask, I did not use any other protective gear… not even breeches… lol.. only use my standard clothing… t-shirt with short pants… I played 3 matches… but on the third match I use a vest… and that is the time I injured my finger and end up with 5 stitches!!!

On the second week of November, I was away in KL for Hackers Halted 2009… it was fun but the rainy days with dry air in KL made my lips cracked. I’m glad to be back home and enjoy the cool breeze here.

Third week, I was waiting for my paintball team in KL for the World Cup Asia 2009 – Paintball Asia Series (PALS) which runs from 19 to 22 November 2009. My team, Predator Sabah, played in Division 4. Another team, Kinabalu Legion played in Division 3.

Forth week, feeling exhausted and back to work… 😛

About 4 weeks ago, I followed a friend to a gym. I have not entered any gym for the past 15 years… I think… 😛

I wanted to beef-up my muscle a bit… and build my stamina… coz next year if everything go smooth, we have a big plan to climb Mount Kinabalu… 😛

I’m not planning to get slim or get skinny… and I don’t want to get six packs or massive muscles… I just want to get healthy and fit to do our expedition… 😛 Each of us probably need to carry 20kg or more of gears to climb Mount Kinabalu which stand at 4,095 meters high.

Then two weeks ago, I signed-up with the gym for 1 year membership… the gym is not Solo Slim Gym… but Core Fitness… yes it is without the gym at its name… yea, it sound weird without the gym at the back… probably the word gym is no longer suitable today… by just using the word fitness is good enough I guess… more grand probably… 😛

Anyway, Core Fitness is located at City Mall along the Lintas Road. Their equipments are great… the main reason I join them. An tonight, I brought two friends to the fitness center and each of them signed-up for 3 months membership… 😀

If they sign-up for 1 year membership… as a referrer I will be given extra two months free membership… but unfortunately they did not take the 1 year membership. And for my 1 year membership that I signed-up for, I was given a free water bottle… 😀

Woke up around 5.45am this morning (Sunday, 18th October)… had planed to join the World Cup Asia 2009 paintball teams training at Kinarut Paintball next to the Papar Road since early this week.

My colleagues who are in two teams are going to play for the Word Cup Asia 2009 paintball tournament in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur on 19th to 22nd November 2009… one in Division 3 and one in Division 4.

In the beginning, I was only planning to join them to take photos during their training and during the competition in Bukit Jalil… but at the end, I will be playing for the Division 4 team since they are short of one player… so I will be their reserve player… 😀 But I don’t think I will be playing during the competition… 😛

My earlier plan for the competition is to get a Pit Crew Pass so that I can enter the players’ area to photograph them… but since I will be one of the players… I will get a Player Pass instead… 😀 Hopefully everything goes well with the new plan…

It feel so different waking up so early in morning… the air is so fresh… 😀 … feels very healthy… then join the teams to warm-up… well, I did not join them stretching but more on following them around and photographing… but it’s quite tiring… with the morning sunshine… this is a great way on how to burn fat 😀

Then I join them playing in three games… it was fun except for the marker… the gun… problem… it gets jammed… no pallets coming out… it really pissed me off… on the first game where I got hit on my leg, my marker gets jammed but not as bad as on the third game where I only manage to shoot less than 20 pellets I guess… before I received a head shot!!!

The second match was the best… I become the last man standing for my team before I was hit with two close range shots from behind… 😛 I was the defender… so I only stayed in one place… 😆

Here are some of the photos… will publish the rest later… 😀

This is especially to the fans of Floyd Mayweather Jr and Oscar De La Hoya. If you are a boxing fan, then you don’t want to miss this rematch. According to Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, they are close to finishing a deal for a rematch and tentatively the upcoming rematch is scheduled on September 13 or 20. But which ever the dates is, if you are boxing fans and especially to the fans of Floyd Mayweather Jr and Oscar De La Hoya, then you don’t want to miss this once in a life time match… or rematch if you prefer to call it that way.

The most probable venue for the September 13 or 20 rematch will be the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer home at Home Deport Center. Other venue in the list is MGM Grand in Las Vegas. It will also be in the HBO pay-per-view.

The Mayweather/De La Hoya tickets match is available now at Team One Tickets Sports Tours. Better get it now before it is too late.

Just for the record, the previous match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Oscar De La Hoya in last spring has shattered the box office record which was previously held by Lennox Lewis-Mike Tyson match. That is one reason for you not to miss this match.

England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland & Wales… what do these countries has in common?… Did you answered Europe?… NO, that is not the correct answer… even a small kid knows those countries are in Europe… come on, don’t be a sissy!

OK, look at these countries logos and the special logo above. You still can’t figure it out?… Man… you are a real sissy… even a lady can guess the answer. Even my grandma can give a correct guess.

OK, you admitted you’re a sissy, so now I give you the answer. These countries played in a rugby game in Europe. Yes, rugby game… not a cricket games or any other football games. They played in the RBS 6 Nations Rugby Games. You can find more about the games from the RBS 6 Nations Rugby official websites. They are the official website for Europe’s premier international rugby tournament, the 6 nations championship.

This website is the holy grail of rugby games in Europe. They provide comprehensive list of tournament news, fixtures and results, as well as interactive games and podcasts section for six nations fans. Fans will enjoy endless of exiting information and with the FANZONE, fans can have extras like competitions, photo galleries, wallpapers, games, screensavers and more.

Mum out there, check this out… Paula Radcliffe gave birth 9 months ago or to be exact just 291 days. Today she triumphly show off her baby while waving a British flag celebrating her New York marathon victory… a 26.2 miles in just two hours and 23 minutes.

But not everyone agree with what she is doing. Some will say it is not safe, rigorous exercise before pregnancy is unsafe, rigorous sports after pregnancy is not save… bla bla bla… I guess everyone has their own opinion, but opinion is only good as what the person think, the mum has her own and final says whether she can or cannot do it… I think around my place, after 40 days, already gone to ‘sawah padi mari makan’ woo… survival first, health later… sometimes, professional advice just doesn’t make sense one… more